When I first heard the news I immediately asked myself a few questions:
1. What's left in L.A.?
2. What are Todd and Sylvia going to do?
3. What's going to happen to new bands if they want some exposure?
I'm not exactly sure what Todd and Sylvia are going to do, I'll bet they're in the process of figuring that out as I type this. As far as music and bands are concerned it looks very bleak. Everyone (consumers and aspiring musicians) will now be forced to compete for a spot at Amoeba, on any rack...anywhere. "Hey bro, I already shop at Amoeba. So what's the big deal?" Pull up a chair young one.
Glasgow's Mogwai strike gold with this beautiful score for Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait. The film was created by Scottish film director Douglas Gordon who then teamed up with French artist Philippe Parreno.
Live footage of Animal Collective getting crazy on a new track from their forthcoming album Strawberry Jam.
Directed by Cadu Datoro
DJ/Producer Gui Boratto's "Beautiful Life" is taken from his stunning album Chromophobia (Kompakt). The video splices beautiful everyday moments in the lives of one family.
Deerhunter
Fluorescent Grey
2007 | Kranky
While making their last release, Cryptograms, Deerhunter also put aside several tracks that make up the new EP Fluorescent Grey. The songs both belong with Cryptograms and yet lock together to form a jewel on their own.
Deerhunter
excels at making soaring builds in songs. The droning guitars are
hypnotic, sucking your attention in until they punch out an explosion
of sound that is near frenzied and chaotic. The title track
“Fluorescent Grey” has one such build, however it sets the beginning of
the EP as somewhat spooky with monotone whispers and spiraling
electronic keyboards woven in-between pounding drums. The dual
androgynous vocals instantly brought to mind Spaceman 3’s “Transparent
Radiation” before launching into the next song. Listening to the
lyrics-when they are discernable, the album takes on another layer of
gloom with deathly lines like “so many useless bodies, so much sorrow”
from the second track “Dr. Glass”, which in itself is a bizarre name
fitting of the lyrics.
At the half way point of the album,
Deerhunter washes away the spookiness with “Like New” preparing the
listener for the final epic rock out. “Wash Off” blends the elements of
the songs prior into the strongest song off the EP. Again, they use
echoing vocals, droning instruments, and repeating lyrics in layers
until they pretty much go crazy rocking out. It’s a great
ambient-electro-garage song. Now really, who does that?
With only four songs, this EP is incredibly powerful and begs to be left on repeat.
-Elana Rintala
Directed by Daniel Wolfe
Maximo Park's forthcoming single, "Books From Boxes," drops on June 11th. Our Earthly Pleasures is out now on Warp.
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